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Showing 14011410 of 18354 articles for Art. CJEU – L'Oréal v eBay – C-324/09

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-16

Actions for payment of royalties collected by collective management organisations are time-barred after five years from the date on which they were collected, this period being suspended during the pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reducing human exposure to gamma radiation from construction materials in buildings

Article R1333-40

…ned in article R. 1333-39 are :1° Natural materials :a) Alum shales ;b) Building materials or additives of natural magmatic origin, such as :i) Granitoids, such as granite, syenite and orthogneiss ;ii…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-4

Chapter I, sections 2 and 3 of chapter II and chapter III of title VII of book IV of the code de l'action sociale et des familles (social action and family code) are applicable to public or private he…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-3

The approval referred to in Article L. 324-8-1 is granted in consideration of: 1° the size of the organisation's repertoire and the diversity of its members; 2° The professional qualifications of the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-2

…ed in this article and indicate, under conditions defined by decree, whether the offer is from a private individual or a professional within the meaning ofarticle 155 of the General Tax Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 AA

…iptions to the capital of socially useful companies mentioned in article L. 3332-17-1 du code du travail, subject to the following reservations:1° The exclusions provided for in c of 1 bis of I of art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article L352-8

…e contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if they become aware that the Minimum Capital Requirement provided for in Article L. 352-5 is no longer covered or that there is a risk that it will no longer be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-107

The manufacture, possession and use of batches of Category A, B or C radioactive sources, high activity sealed sources as defined inAnnex 13-7, the management of radioactive waste as defined in Articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

…the Commercial Code or the demerger operations referred to in Article L. 236-18 of the same Code involve transfers of the portfolio of contracts carried out under the conditions provided for in Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-3

…le L. 214-1 of the French Mutual Code and institutions for supplementary occupational retirement provision referred to in Article L. 942-1 of the French Social Security Code.

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